Date : 08/20/21 Location : New Melones Launch: Tuttletown Air temperature: 56-87 Water temperature: 75-77 Water Clarity: 2-6 feet Wind direction/speed: Northeast 5-10 mph Seasonal fish pattern: summer transition Moon phase: waxing gibbous On 08/20/21 my father and I decided to go bass fishing at New Melones Reservoir. New Melones’ water level is super low, […]
Chris Evola
Post Spawn and Early Summer Bass Tactics
Ron Howe: Fishing in Northern California reservoirs for much of my life I have found three tactics that will always put fish in the boat during post spawn thru early summer. There are many other productive baits and tactics that work great that will catch fish, but these 3 tactics have put bigger […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Date: 3/25/20 Water temperature: 56-58 Water clarity: 3-12 feet Air temperature: 48-59 Wind direction/speed: North 5-15 mph Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition/pre spawn/spawn Moon phase: New Moon Tidal influence: high outgoing On March 25th 2020 my buddy Justin Mesinheiner and I decided to try our luck fishing the California Delta. We launched at first light […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Water temperature: 55-60 Water clarity: 2-10 feet Air temperature: 51-60 Wind direction/speed: North 2-12 mph Tidal influence: high outgoing Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition Moon phase: full moon On March 10, 2020 I decided to try my luck fishing the California Delta. My goal on this particular day was to take advantage of the […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Water temperature: 51-55 Water clarity: 3-12 feet Wind direction/speed: west 0-25 Air temperature: 48-65 Moon phase: waning crescent Seasonal fish pattern: winter transition On February 29, 2020 my buddy Justin Misenhiemer and I decided to fish Dan Masasen Outdoors Legend Series bass fishing tournament. The tournament was held out of Ladd’s Marina in downtown Stockton. […]
Lake McClure Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Water temperature: 55-58 Water clarity: 6-15 feet Air temperature: 44-59 Wind direction/speed: west 0-12 Seasonal fish pattern: pre spawn Moon phase: waxing gibbous Recent significant weather: post frontal On March 8th 2020, I took my son Vincent to Lake McClure to pre fish for an upcoming law enforcement derby. I haven’t fished lake McClure in […]
Joining RBBASS by Chris Evola
RBBASS has provided lots of opportunities for me, however that’s not even close to the reason why I joined the team. As a young boy I always loved to bass fish. I grew up watching fishing legends like Kevin Vandam, Roland Martin, Denny Brauer, Jimmy Houston, Gary Klein, and Bill Dance. I idolized these professional […]
Duck Hunt Report For The South Grasslands by Chris Evola
Well their finally here after an highly delayed migration due to mild temperatures, and the lack of precipitation. The south grasslands are chalked full of several species of Waterfowl. Greenwing teal seem to be the most abundant, and surprisingly gadwall seem to be a close second. Northern shovelers, American widgeon, and mallards, have all been […]
Hunting Report by Chris Evola
The early storms we had here in California filled the lakes, rivers, farm ponds, and sloughs. This provided fresh water to natural habitat in and around all the areas I waterfowl hunt. During this time I concentrated on the river, primary hunting the forks and tributaries of the San Joaquin. We had several successful hunts […]
CA Delta Fishing Report by Chris Evola
Date: 6/21/19 Time: 0600-1300 Location: California Delta Tidal influence: outgoing Water temperature/clarity: 78-82 2-10 feet visibility Wind direction/speed: 5-10 mph SW Seasonal fish pattern: post spawn Moon phase: waning gibbous On June 21rst 2019 my son Vincent and I decided to fish the California Delta. We launched our boat out of Whiskey Slough Marina and […]
